From Fortune Magazine:

Takeaways from a surgeon general’s warning about the concerning effects of social media on youth mental health. Smartphone addiction stats indicate more than half of Americans feel tethered to their digital devices. The downward trend in U.S. smoking provides a promising example in society-wide issues like smartphone addiction. The recent technology including Large Language Models, virtual reality, and Brain-Computer Interfaces promise to reduce attention spans.

Getting in front of digital addiction with behavioral and technological changes. Addressing digital addiction with technology to level the playing field. Addressing the reach problems in the future through increased usage. Focus on four key elements for techologiests to focus on to help humanity reclaim the attention between stimulus ad response. Royce Branning is the co-founder and CEO of Clearspace.

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